Steven Woolfe

Steven Woolfe (6 October 1967-) was a UK Independence Party member of the European Union Parliament, representing northwestern England.

Biography
Steven Woolfe was born on 6 October 1967 in Moss Side, Manchester, England, the oldest in a family of four. His father was the son of an African-American father and a British Jewish mother, while his mother was born to an English father and an Irish mother. Woolfe was raised a Catholic, and he gained a law degree from Aberystwyth University in Wales in 1990. In 2010, Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch introduced him to the UK Independence Party, and Woolfe decided to speak at the 2010 Torquay party conference. Wolfe became UKIP's spokesman on economics under Nigel Farage, and he would also serve as a member of the European Union Parliament for the United Kingdom, although UKIP opposed Britain's membership in the EU. In July 2016, he sought to replace Farage as UKIP leader, with Nathan Gill serving as his running mate; they were popular in Wales, Scotland, and London. Woolfe sympathized with the UK Conservative Party and Prime Minister Theresa May, and the new UKIP leader Diane James' resignation led to Woolfe again standing for a leadership role in UKIP. On 6 October 2016, Woolfe was severely beaten after an argument with fellow UKIP parliament members in Strasbourg, France while meeting with the European Parliament.